The symposium increases capacity of coastal communities and leaders to make informed decisions, balance diverse uses, ensure access, and plan for the future of their working waterfronts.
If coastal communities are to remain sustainable, residents, visitors, policy makers, and regulators need new methods and information sources to harmonize the growing demand for access to their beaches and waterways. Researchers and extension specialists at Florida Sea Grant are making that challenge a priority.
Being in the company of people who share your passion is invigorating: particularly when they include knowledgeable and solution-oriented individuals. Being in the company of hundreds of such like-minded souls can be downright transformative! This describes the atmosphere when people gather during a National Working Waterfronts & Waterways Symposium. Florida Sea Grant helped plan the…
By Mickie Anderson, UF/IFAS News One of the world’s most endangered whale species makes its way south every winter to give birth in waters near northeast Florida and southeast Georgia. During that trip, North Atlantic right whales face two major threats: fishing gear and boats. Florida Sea Grant researchers are embarking on a two-year study…
Working together to create awareness of the value of waterfronts Florida Sea Grant, along with Sea Grant programs in Maine and Virginia, is part of a nationwide coalition to address the challenges facing traditional working waterfront areas. The National Working Waterways and Waterfronts Coalition works to create awareness of the value of working waterways and…